[Cialug] Venting

[Chris Hilton]

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On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 16:59 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
> I did finally get it to install, finishing up about 9:30 last night.  Of course,
> after copying files over from the old hard drives, that left me no time to
> configure FC4 to be operational for me.  So I ended up putting the old hard
> drives back in.  At least I have it installed and the files copied over.  I'll
> have to copy over any files that change between last night and whenever I can
> get back to it, but I'm sure that won't be that bad.  Setting up the firewall,
> mail, web, etc. will be a bigger PITA.
> 
> I copied the files using a command similar to the following:
> tar cf - directory | tar xvf - -C newdirectory
> 
> Anyone have a better idea, or is that pretty much the best way to go?
> 
> --
> Tim W.
> 
> 
> > Mandriva will give you a warning if it can't install a package, but will 
> > continue on and finish the install / upgrade. Depending on what packages 
> > they are... you may end up with a system that's not so usable when 
> > you're done, so it's kind of a blessing / curse situation.
> > 
> > I've seen several systems where you can install with the media just fine 
> > on one PC, but it has these kinds of errors on another, so trying a 
> > different CDROM drive might be a good thing to try.
> > 
> > -dc
> > 
> > timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
> > > Yeah, that's probably it, even though the media check gave it a "PASS".  But 
> > why
> > > not just skip the package if it isn't essential to the OS?  It is maddening 
> > when
> > > you see "8 minutes remaining" after seeing "50 minutes remaining" for 20
> > > minutes, just to see it "fatal error" out.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Tim W.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >>Maybe it's not reliably reading from your cd drive?
> > >>
> > >>On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:58 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I'm doing a custom install.  I took out the offending package from the first
> > >>>failed attempt.  But it still failed.  This is try #4 (try #6 if you count 
> > the 
> > >>
> > >>2
> > >>
> > >>>times I tried to do an upgrade after the first failure).
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>Tim W.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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> > >>>On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:58 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>i just installed fc4 w/ no problems. i'm not sure if i installed
> > >>>>those packages your talking about..   i did the default server
> > >>>>install and after it was up and running did some custom packages of
> > >>>>my own.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>n.d.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote: 
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>I would like to know why FC4 install can't just *skip* the package it 
> > >>
> > >>*thinks*
> > >>
> > >>>>>is in error.  I've done a fresh install now 3 times.  Twice, it has failed 
> > >>
> > >>on
> > >>
> > >>>>>the third disk (two different packages), even though it checked out fine 
> > >>
> > >>with
> > >>
> > >>>>>the media test.  Fine, I'll make another disk 3.  Now it's failing on the
> > >>>>>*first* disk!  Argh!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>We now return to regularly scheduled e-mail.
> > >>>>>--
> > >>>>>Tim W.
> > 
> > 
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